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this serious menace to health by assisting householders to adapt
or provide means of heating which does not involve the use of
such coal. Every open fireplace which has no means of suitably
controlling draught and which is in regular use must be altered
or replaced.
This objective cannot be achieved rapidly. "Smoke Control
Areas" each covering a limited number of properties, are established
successively. The constituent authorities had made comparatively
little progress when reorganisation took place. The
Urban District of Orpington not being scheduled as a "black
area" had no "Smoke Control Areas". The following areas,
covered by 10 Smoke Control Orders, had been established prior
to 1st April, 1965:—
District Acreage Premises
Hayes & Keston (part) 797 3.902
Bromley Common (part)
Manor House (part)
Eden Park (part) 841 5,537
West Wickham (part)
Mottingham (part) 225 2,417
Penge (part) 115 1,429
The work of survey having been carried out prior to amalgamation
the following areas were confirmed by the Minister and
became operative during 1965.
District Acreage Premises
Mottingham (part) 425 1,731
Martin's Hill & Town (part)
Hayes & Keston (part) 654 1,175
West Wickham South 1,016 2,260
The Committee considered the problem of the establishment
of Smoke Control Areas and decided that the whole of the
Borough, including the Orpington area, should be dealt with by
1975. The following programme has been agreed:—
Orpington Division
Date Ward Premises
1965-1968 Petts Wood 5,900
1968-1970 Farnborough 5,000
1970-1972 St. Pauls Cray 5,300
1972-1974 St. Mary Cray 4,400
1974-1976 Goddington 4,700
Bromley Division
Date Ward Premises
1965-1967 *Martin's Hill & Town (part) 3,700
1967-1970 Plaistow & Sundridge 6,000
1969-1971 Bickley 3,300
1970-1972 Chislehurst 3,500
1972-1973 Keston & Hayes (part) 800
1972-1974 Bromley Common (part) 3,500
1974-1975 Darwin 1,200
1975-1976 Chelsfield 2,600